Jakub Mensik prevented Novak Djokovic from winning his 100th title on tour before. Mensik used to praise the former World No 1 Djokovic as someone he idolized while growing up. The Czech Republic teenager Mensik, ranked 54th in the world when the Miami Open started, stunned the Serbian 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) to win his first ATP title on Sunday evening.

Mensik was playing his first ATP 1000 final. He was not even two years old when Djokovic won his first Miami Open title in 2007. After his title, he got the chance to thank Djokovic personally. Youre the one I idolized when I was young, Mensik told Djokovic during the presentation ceremony. I started playing tennis because of you.

Now, he has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 24, achieved on this 31 March 2025 and a double ranking of No. 386, achieved on 3 February 2025. He is currently the No. 2 players from Czechia. He won his first masters title at the age of 19 at the 2025 Miami Open, defeating Novak Djokovic in 2 sets, 7-6 7-6.

The Czech Teenager

Jakub Menk (born 1 September 2005) is a Czech professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 24, achieved on 31 March 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 386, achieved on 3 February 2025. He is currently the No. 2 player from Czechia. He won his first masters title at the age of 19 at the 2025 Miami Open, defeating Novak Djokovic in two sets.

On the junior tour, Menk had an ITF combined ranking of world No. 3, achieved on 31 January 2022. He reached the final of the 2022 Australian Open Junior singles event.

In May 2023 he won his first Challenger, the 2023 Sparta Prague Open defeating Dominik Koepfer in just his sixth Challenger main-draw appearance, becoming the youngest Czech Challenger champion in history at 17 years old. The only previous 17-year-old Czech champion was former World No. 4 Tom Berdych, who captured two Challenger titles in 2003.

He competed in the first qualifying round of the US Open, beating Fabio Fognini 16, 61, 61. He then defeated Leandro Riedi in the second round, and then qualified on his debut for the main draw of a Grand Slam for the first time with a two-set victory against compatriot Zdenk Kol. He then won his first Major match defeating Grgoire Barrre, becoming the youngest man since Borna ori in 2014 to win a main draw match at the US Open. He then defeated fellow first-time Major qualifier Titouan Droguet a day before his 18th birthday, before losing to Taylor Fritz in straight sets in the third round.

The ATP Finals is the season-ending championship of the ATP Tour. It is the most significant tennis event in the men’s annual calendar after the four majors, as it features the top eight singles players and top eight doubles teams based on their results throughout the season.

The ATP Masters events, known as ATP Masters 1000 tournaments since 2009, are an annual series of nine tennis tournaments featuring the top-ranked players on the ATP Tour since its inception in 1990. The Masters tournaments, sitting below the Grand Slam tournaments and the year-end championships, make up the most coveted trophies on the annual ATP Tour calendar. In addition to the quadrennial Summer Olympics, they are collectively known as the ‘Big Titles’.

Novak Djokovic holds the record for the most Masters singles titles with 40. By completing the career set of all nine current Masters series singles titles in 2018, Djokovic became the first and only player to achieve the career Golden Masters. In 2020, Djokovic completed a second career Golden Masters.